Total Crime Rate
334.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Channel View Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 57th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Channel View Road (CF11 7EP) in the last 12 months was 334.2 per 1,000 residents and was 194.3% higher than the Grangetown average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 163.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Channel View Road (CF11 7EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Place (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jim Driscoll Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jim Driscoll Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jim Driscoll Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amherst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Earl Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shearman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Channel View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harrison Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beecher Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Channel View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chatterton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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